Depends what variant of Unix one is talking about.  We have built  SVR4
packages from the ADSM client stuff (adsm-a, adsm-c and even adsm-h) for
installation on our large number of Sun boxes.  It is modeately painless -
you just have to use preinstall and postinstall scripts to prepare things
correctly.

We also install the ADSM client package on all our new builds via jumpstart
(along with a lot of other locally built packages such as top, sudo, ssh,
ntp, etc.)

I know HP allows similar stuff with their install software.  All SVR4
systems (Pyramid, SGI, Sequent, etc) use packages so you can do stuff
similar to ours.


michael
Unix Consultant
Centrelink
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Any comments are my own, not my employers, especially the stupid ones.
Any comments are my own, not my employers, especially the stupid ones.
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Eric LEWIS <eric.lewis AT CCMAIL.ADP.WISC DOT EDU> on 14/05/99 06:10:00 am
Eric LEWIS <eric.lewis AT CCMAIL.ADP.WISC DOT EDU> on 14/05/99 06:10:00 am

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Subject:  UNIX Client Silent Installs




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     Hi Unix Gurus:

     Do any of you know of methods for installing ADSM clients on UNIX
     machines that are scripted to accomplish a client install with a
     minimum of intervention?  We have seen references to Windows platform
     silent installs on this list and see references in the readme files.
     Is there a similar capability for UNIX clients?  If not have any of
     you built a silent or scripted install mechanism?  TIA.

     Eric Lewis UW-Madison